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The District Court.

The following proceedings were had in the
District Court yesterday, Judge Galbraith
presiding:
Jesse Glidden vs.. Abraham Buol ct al;
decree in favor of defendant on general
verdict; special finding not to be con
sidered; ordered and signed.
Fannie Osborne vs. Harry Osborne; de-
cree signed and ordered entered.
o. P. Blaine vs. D. R. Mcdonald; judg
ment for $321.53 ordered entered.
John Caplice ct al. vs.. N. Ayers; ordered
on calendar; judgment for plaintiff for S19l
ordered entered.
Butte Hardware Company vs.. Arthur
Nadeau; ordered on calendar; default o.
defendant A. Nadeau ordered; judgment
for $31S.51.
Hert. vs.. s~chlessinger;~ judgment ordered
entered for $1,000.
G. w. Jackson vs.. D. N. Upton; motion
to file amended answer set for Saturday
9th inst. at 2 O'Clock p. m.
Dennis Driscoll 1T al. vs.. Timothy Ken
nedy ct AL; taken under a Amusement.
Alfred W. McCune vs. J. w. Caplice ct al;
| dismissed as settled. each party to pay
his own costs.
Louis Goldsmith VS.. Utah & Northern
Railway Company; order for change OF
venue withdrawn: case dismissed as Set
tied.
First National Bank of Butte VS.. C. w.
Scott ct al; default of defendants or
dered.
1t was ordered that Q O'Clock be ap.
pointed as the time to examine the bonds
OF County Commissioners.
s. F. King vs.. Amy and Silversmith
Company; demurrer set for hearing on
@ okr.l-rv 9TH S-o% ~ 81 tnDOo1
John O'Connell vs.. VIM. McDermott;
cause called; plaintiff making no appear
ance either in person or by counsel, cause
dismissed for want OF prosecution.
CuIbert vs. gilbert; divorce; report OF
referee submitted, approved, adopted and
decree signed and ordered entered.
Silver Bow Mining and Milling Company
vs.. Thomas NJ. Lowery ex-Sheriff of Silver
Bow County; verdict for the defendant
and value OF property fixed at $3.50 and
costs.
Territory O. Montana vs. Vim. Steven
con; C j.. Walsh enters appearance as
attorney for defendant.
The Grand Jury returned into Court
with thirteen indictments and mo true
bill" against James McHugh; McHugh dis
charged and bail exonerated. In about an
hour after the Grand Jury presented lis
uuAI FepOrG AZ IO!lOW6, Wneu COurI dO-
journed to 9 o'clock this morning:
GRAND JURY REPORT.
To the Honorable the Second Judicial
District Court of the Territory OF Mon
ANA in and for the county of Silver Bow:
The Grand Jury Of said county beg leave
to present their final report and say:
That they have made diligent inquiry
into all offe1ses of which they were cogniza-
BILE and so far as at present ascertained
have fully completed their investigations.
That they have examined the public
buildings and find them in acceptable con-
dition and repair.
That they find the public Offices in excel.
lent and competent hands, the officers
polite. attentive and interested in the pub
lie welfare.
That they would respectfully recommend
to the County Commissioners the purchase
for the use of the County Treasurer's
Office a large fire-proof and burglar-proof
safe.
Wherefore no further business appearing
we ask to be excused for the term.
GEO. W. IRVINE, H.,
Attest: Foreman.
THOMAS FLETCHER, Clerk.
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Freaks Of the Lightning.

As James Jobe and Jack Doble were
going to the Gregson Springs, and when
reaching a point just this side ofthe Hump,
about 2:45 o'clock, they heard q sharp
snap and a whizsing noise. and at the same
time their horse started up as if struck
with a whip. as splinters from an adjacent
telegraph pole, which had been rent into
fragments by a stroke OF lightning struck
him in the side. Investigation disclosed
the fact that a dozen more
poles had been served in the same
way. literally shattered into pieces.
The poles belonged to the Rocky Mountain
line and will need to be reset, Judging from
the fragment of one OF them brought in by
Jobe and Doble and now On exhibition at
Tickels, for it is 20 feet in length.
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Coming in on the Home Stretch.

Notices were yesterday served on surface
occupants of the Smokehouse lode by the
owners of twenty-ive-thirty-seconds OF the
ground notifying them not to pay mere
thar seven-thirty-seconds OF the amount
they may agree to payfor surface titles to
James A. Murray. The latter by writ ol
restitution vas placed in possession OF thu
Southern Hotel on June 5 and OF the
property occupied by Oscar Stenberg ON
Thursday last, and is going ahead under
the judgments obtained at Deer Lodge
recently to take possession in those caeet
in which the judgment went by default
The % come in n warn these
and other parties who may hereafter be
defeated in the cases now pending in the
Supreme Court not to pay Murray more
than the share to which they allege he ls
entitled in settling these cases. They are,
in short, profiting by Murray's prosecution
of the cases and come in for their share Of
the profits.
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LOCAL MISCELLANY.

Born in Walkerville, July s, to the wifi
OF Joseph Syrnons, a son.
The Pacific Express Company yesterday
shipped twelve bars Alice valued at 81, 800
Couture & Leford will give one of thei
pleasant dancing socials next Saturday
evening.
Died yesterday evening at z O'Clock, s
Argalls S-months-old baby. 1t had beer
sick about a week..
w. u. Pfouts has applied for letters O.
administration on the estate of Mrs. E. E
Lee who was burned in the Oregon HOUSE
fire.
The Red Stockings left for Helena last
night and will, it is hoped, be able to give a
good account OF themselves when they re
turn.
Born in Butte. July 8, to the wife Of
Oliver Chevrier, a ten-pound daughter. The
doctor said she is the biggist ten-pound
child he ever saw.
Lynch's saloon is being freshened up and
putting on An air Of spruceness under the
expert touch OF j. NJ. Levy VINO is a new
addition the decorative talent of Butte.
Mr.. Phil. Schmitz, proprietor of the
Butte City Free Presse, our German paper,
came in from the Capital City last evening
and will remain sometime looking after his
business interests.
Abe Heyman has added another leaf to
his laurels in the way OF decorating by the
handsome and tasteful manner in which he
has decorated the bar in Newkirk's place
with Japanese effects.
A. Diffrow. who was out on a bond OF
$25 to appear before the Cadi on q
charge Of fast and reckless driving, failed
to connect yesterday in the Police Court,
and his bond was forfeited.
The friends OF Sam Louis will be glad to
learn that he il out OF danger from the &C.
rious sickness with which he was recently
overtaken. 1t will be some time, however,
before he will be able to get ur.
A prominent physician stated yesterday
that there was a good deal of bilious de-
rangements with infants in town now at
tr, butable to the hot weather and denti-
ton. The measles are still prevalent
among little folks.
On Thursday evening the little daughter
OF Mr.. NJ. r. Rowe fell down q sixty-foot
shaft on Clear Grit terrace. Her skull was
cracked and her left arm and right leg
broken. She is being attended by DR..
Tremblay and was reported last night out
Of immediate danger.
AT = O'Clock yesterday evening fire caught
in the roof OF F. Gilbert's house, on Washing
ton street, above @ artz, occupied by j. C.
Litchfeld, caused by a large frecracker
thrown by some boys. The fire was extin-
guished with slight difficulty after it had
consumed a square yard of shingles. When
noticed it was beginning to eat it's way
through to the ceiling.
The libel case against Barney Smith, in
which in a lettA to John O'Neil Mr.. Smith
expressed his conviction that the formers
son was a thief. a called in Judge Dinge-
von's Court yesterday morning. Judge
Hamilton appearing for the defence.
Neither the complaining witness nor his
attorney, J. H. Duffy, appearing within the
hour OF grace, according to the court. the
case was dismissed and costs taxed against
complaining witness. Later in the day Mr..
Duffy got round with his client and took
-" appeal to thu District Court.
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South Butte Items.

E. NJ. Trask is in Bannack on business.
j. Carter Smith, lately with the Mon.
tana Produce Co.. is now located in
Spokane Falls, Washington Territory
B. F. Sweet, Of the firm of Sweet Bros,
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, manufacturers
of the Common Sense bob-sleds, was in
South Butte yesterday.-Chas. Ramsey
was up from Anaconda yesterday.-Mrs.
Chas. Ramsey and daughter arrived yes
terday morning from a two months visit
to New York and other Eastern Cities
&C. NJ. Gould, OF the Butte Reduction
Works, spent the Fourth in Anaconda
Joseph L belle departed on the 9th for
Georgetown, NJ. T. Joe is an old resident
of South Butte and has many friends here
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were up in the billiard room.
No noise Was heard or noticed,
but when Bossett rent to his room to put
on his rubber boots to wash out the door
Of the saloon. he found the window open,
his strong box burst open and the money
gone. He asked his partner il he had been
in the room and he told him he had not.
Then 1 have been robbed, said he. my
box has been burst open and the money
stolen" They had an experience With
a burglar in their saloon q few weeks ago
and removed the bpx from the place under
the counter to their room, whittier they
vent when they had q bill to change. Some
one must have noticed this, and knowing
the location of the box, entered the room
by raising the window from the porch,
pried the box open with q shoe horn on the
table. and skipped with the money. Moth
ing else of value was taken. The sufferer
has the sympathy Of all, as both partners
are industrious men who have worked
hard for their stakes.
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TESTING THE WATER SUPPLY.
the Present Fire Extingulshing Re-
sources.

City Engineer Harper is Satisfied With
the Present Fire Extingulshing Re-
sources.
Last evening between 1870 and $50
o'clock City Engineer Harper made a series
Of tests at the hydrant on the corner of
Montana and Granite streets, in order to
determine the capacity Of the reservoirs on
which the city has to depend for it's water
supply in case of fire. The pressure from
the reservoir on the hydrant is 1876 feet,
and at the time the test wa, made the
former was full to overlooking. At this
season Mr.. Harper says the flow of water
is abundant, and during the night the
reservoirs overflow from excess OF supply.
But later on they will run pretty low dur
ing the day, and lawn-sprinkling will be
suspended. The test made by Mr.. Harper,
assisted by members OF the Fire Brigade,
last evening was eminently satisfactory to
that gentleman, as it shows that there is
six n a half hours supply in the reser-
voir at the head of Montana street alone
with three seven-eighth inch nozzles going
at full play. A large crowd drawn together
by curiosity witnessed the test. The fol-
lowing is the result as prepared by Engineer
Harper himself:
First test-Three seven.eighths inch noz-
zles were attached to one hydrant, one to
straight plug. and the other two with ST.
amese coupling. Height OF stream from
straight plug, ffty-four feet above sidewalk
grade. Height OF streams from Siamese
coupling, forty-eight feet above sidewalk
grade.
These three streams were kept running
for a period OF fifteen minutes, and during
that time lowered the reservoir O.41 feet
practically five inches.
Second test-A nine-sixteenth inch nozzle
was then placed on single coupling and two
five-eighth inch nozzles on stances coupling.
Height OF streams, sixty feet above side
walk grade. These three streams were al.
that time lowered the reservoir OBS feet,
or practically one and seven.eighths inches.
Third-A single stream was then turned
on from a seven-eighths inch nozzle and
it's height found to be seventy-two feet
above sidewalk grade.
Fourth-A single stream from a FIVE
eightha nozzle gave a height OF seventy
five feet above Sidewalk. Inside measure
ment OF Montana street reservoir 29x37
feet.
Depth OF water when full 10Y feet. 1t is
the intention to maxi a similar series Of
tests in the near future from the corner of
Park and Montana streets and possibly at
other points when data sufficient will be
at our.. disposal to furnish a fairly accurate
estimate Of the action OF the water under
given conditions at any point within the
city.
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GREAT FALLS.
The Kind Of Raise It Will Get when TO-
Strike It.

The Kind Of Raise 1t VIII Get Whom TO-
600 Graders and Camp Follower
Strike It.
As an indication of the sort Of boom that
has broken out at Great Falls. the follow
ing extract is given from q letter recently
received from a business ma there: This
| is going to be q terrible hot town pretty
soon. 1t has now about q thousand peo
| ole, but in q few weeks there will be large
forces of graders in the neighborhood from
the advent of the Montana Central in our
midst, and soon afterwards the great
crowd of c~amp-followers and track-layers
will arrive with several months thirst &C.
cumulated upon them, and if they wont
keep the town painted a very s%anguinary
hue for a while I am very much mistaken.
There are
QUITE A FEW TOUGHs
here now, and when the 300 gamblers
come up from Minot, with hundreds of
FOUNDERS and rollers, there will be lively
times. Imagine about 10000 men with,
say, $500, 900 cash, striking this town with
their outlets choked up with alkall dust,
and you can form some idea-but only q
faint one of the kind Of pandemonium
there will be here for a while at least. At
present the townsite company AVE such
e~xtravagant ideas about the va'ue OF dirt
that none but wealthy people a buy lots,
and sales are few compared to what they
ought to be. 1t is just possible that busl-
ness lots may be worth the extravagant
figures at which they are held; but resi-
dence lots are put up to figures
BEYOND ALL EAsON
Thee price at which the cheapest lot offer
ed for sale is held is $500 and you cal bet
that no matter how last the town grows
residence lots will be held more within the
bounds of reason within a year. A num-
Der Of large brick and stone business build
ings are in course of erection and will
be occupied as soon as finished; but it is
safe to say that most Of the business here
will be done under canvas this fall. All
accommodations are damned full and the
man who will come here with some large
tents fitted with hunks will make money.
Small furnished rooms rent as high as $25
per month and their prices are rising as
newcomers are Offering bigger prices than
are paid by the occupants. Board in the
big hotel with room costsfrom SIS to $21 q
week and even this steep figure will likely
be raised as the pressure becomes more
Intense"
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The William Tell House

on East Broadway has lately been rem
waited and will from this time furnish first
class lodgings for rs cents to so cents pei
night. At the bar the finest of wines,
liquors and cigars can be obtained. The
Centennial and Butte beer on draught at all
times. The house is noted az a pleasant
and comfortable house for travellers and
the liberal patronage of the past is stuff.
Gent to recommend it in the future.
PETER Hess, Proprietor:
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nNEs AND Inning.
rHE ORPHAN oIRL.

~~O@
Mig Bons.ss-Gsnsrai Minihg Neses.
THE oRPHAN oRL.
At the Orphan Girl drifting and cross
cutting are going on in the bottom OF the
incline. So far the cross-cut has advanced
seventeen feet and there are NO indications
OF q wall yet. Some very fine ore was
taken out yesterday afternoon and sent to
b assayed. The hosting works are models
OF cleanliness. A few years 6 this mine
was worked from the seventy-ioot level and
the ledge, from twenty-five to thirty feet
vide, was stopped to the surface. Much Of
that ore of q free-milling character still re
mains, but of very low grade, going between
twelve and fifteen ounces.
THE BIG BONANZA.
The work of placing the new hosting
works in position at the Big BONANZA is
being pushed vigorously. Frazer & Chal-
mers OF Chicago are the makers. This has
been q profitable mine to the lessees SO far.
In the bottom of the shaft there is q streak
Of eight inches that milled 800 ounces per
ton while twenty-five inches went between
80 and lis which was milled at the Moul-
ton. Very little orc o remain on the
dump, but what is there shows the presence
of paying ore which is likely to continue
for some time at least.
MINING NOTES.
The Margaret Ann mine has now been
run for two months. ~Cross-cuttlng Is now
being done on the 2O0-foot level and q lit
tie ore is being produced. Tit mill is at
present shut down but is run mostly on
custom ore.
Ennis l. Walcott have taken q lease OF q
piece of property one mile east OF the Blue
Bird. The mine looks encouraging, assays
already made having shown SO ounces per
ton.
A new building is being erected at the
Champion, north of Burlington, replacing
those recently blown down.
No work has been done on the dumps at
the Anaconda for the last three days, in
consequence of the chutes being full, the
men being laid of.
Last evening the machinery of the Blue
Jay was being torn down, with the sup
posed intention of moving it.
Development work is going on at the
HumbOlt, and q little ore is being pro-
duce6.
Work at the Buffalo is confined chiefly
to developing, but the Pacific, which is 90
the same lead. is producing it's regular
amounts OF ore.
Many prospects are being opened up
north and west of the Moulton aud Alice.
The mines on the hill employ a great
many teams hauling poles and wood. Fiji
teen were counted coming from Browns
Gulch yesterday.
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WOOL MARKEM.

PHILADELPHIA, July s.
Wool-Qulet; stocks light; Ohio, Pennsylvania
aud West Virginia Xxx and above, SIC @35; x
sc. @SS; medium, 500. GAO; New York. Michigan,
Indiana and Western fine, or X and Xxx, SOC. @32
medium, $50. @40; coarse, Ysc @40; fine washed
Delaine, x and Xxx, s6c; @ss; medium, washed
Canada, washed and comDing. s5c. @S6; tub
washed, SIC. @4S: unwashed, combing and De.
laine, medium. Sic. a SO: coarse, Sic. @S3' Oregon
fine. 16c. OPS; Valley Oregon. &c. OPS: New Mexi.
can and Colorado, lac. @2S.
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DIR. North Dead.

INDIANAPOLIS, July 1O.-Dr. E. N. North,
| of Peru, Ind, who was shot Wednesday
morning by James Christianson, died this
morning. Christensen was taken from jail
| Wednesday night and hanged from the
bridge over the river.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-09

The stock market r.tained the same general
characteristics to-day. 1t has shown through
out the week very weak, though almost all day
traders raided the market from the opening al.
most to the closing and turned their attention to
substantial stocks which had been remarkably
we'll held of late. The most conspicuous exam
pie of this fact was the Sc ling down of the New
York Central to. 107 from 1881, the first 100
share lots being sold at 1854. The most import
ant attack was made du ing the afternoon, when
the Reading and New England, which had pre-
sented a firm front throughout. yielded with
the remainder of the list. Outside of a few stocks,
however, the fluctuations were confined to frac-
tons only, and trading with the exception of
one honr in the afternoon was extremely ~listless;
everything but New England is lower in the
active list, Manhattan being down.
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THIS GOOD OLD STANDBY
accompanies for everybody exactly what L. laimed
FORT. One Of the reasons for the great popularity OF
the Mustang Liniment is found in its universal
applicability. Everybody needs such a medicine.
The Lumberman needs it in case of accident.
The Housewife needs 1t for generalfamfly use.
The Canaler needs 1t for his teams and his men.
The Mechanic needs It always ON his work
bench.
The Miner needs It in case Of emergency.
The Pioneer needsit-can get along without it
The Farmer needs it In his house, his stable
and his stock yard.
The Steamboat man or the Boatman needs
it In liberal supply aloatand ashore.
The Horse.fancier needs tit Is bis best
friend and safest reliance.
The Stock.grower needs tit will save linn
thousands Of dollars and q world of trouble.
The Railroad man needs 1t and win need It 20
long as his life is q round Of accidents and dangers.
The B~ackwoodsman needs it. We're is moth.
ing like it as IN antidote for the dangers to life.
limb and comfort which surround the pioneer.
The Merchant needs 1t about his store among
his employees. Accidents win happen, and when
these come the Mustang Eminent IL wanted al onee.
Keep Bottle in the House. It's the best Of
economy.
Keep q Bottle in tho Factory. Itsimmediate
use in case Of accident saves pain and loss Of wages.
Keep a Bottle Always In the Stable for
use when wanted.
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HOME MARKETS,

BUTTE CITY, Mont, July s, 1887.
| RETAIL FEED MARKET Corrected for TIL
MINER by P. r. Dolman.)
Oats-Montana oats, $3.50; Utah oats, 1925
/ Eastern oats, $500.
Co~rn-Chopped corn, SITS.
Bran and h~orts-$1.75.
Hay-Upland hay, s25 per ton; Timothy, $(
per ton.
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.

BUTTE CITY, Mont, July 8, 1887.
GROCERIES, PRODUCE, ETC, prepared and cor.
rected for THE MINER by Casey & Brcphy).
sugar-Granulated $500 per cwt.; Extra {
81 60 per cwt; Golden C $7.25 per cwt: Best Pull.
verified $11.O 0 per cwt; Cut Loaf$10 90.
Teas-Japsn 4o9N; Uncolcred 5o@75; English
sssa &c., e.: Y 4sSsa III Hy DS'9a 7s@ ssH %: ~; 'onp0~de'
C. ffees-High and scarce. Arbuckle's SIC; Fine
Costa Rica SOC; Mandshling Java 40c; Mocha 4Oc;
Green Rio 23@25c; Costa Rica Csc: Old Govern
ment Java S5c: Diamond Mocha s5c.
F1our-Minnesota Best Brands 81 per cwt
Da kota So 5@$4.0O; California Extra s 400: Wash.
ington Territory IS 90! Montana S2.65@&3 %.
Meats ~Cured-Hams Uncanvased 15c; English
Breakfast Bacon Uncanvassed 14c; Dry Salt PORK
Gard-standard Grades in Tin 12%
Soaps-White Russian GEO per box; Denver best
$50 per box; Extra Family 60 lbs $50.
Dried Fruits-Apples Alden. SID pkgs Csc;
Sliced, cob boxes. zoe; Unbleached lSc; Prunes,
Imported French Csc; California French zoe;
rated Peeled 25c@3Oe. Plums, Pitted 2Oc Apri-
cots, Dried zoe; EvapOraJed Csc. Raspberries s..
Black 2Oc. cherries Pitted Is; Zante Currants
1211zc; Onduro Valencia Raisins 2Oc@25c.
200; NJ. / Whitefsh per kit 2.25; Family per kit
200.
Syrups-Per gallon key $50; per gallon LOO.
Pickles-One gallon key 150; three gallon key
800; five gallon key 400.
FRUITS Canned-Californ1a standards 600 per
case.
Vegetables ~CanRed-Peas, Beans and Succotash
$50 per case Three Standard Tomatoes 4.00@5.5O
Der case; Two Standard Corn S.5O@4.00.
Dairy and Picking Salt SC per d..
PRICES.
We will pay 2Sc for choice ranch butter, 1.60
ne, cwr. for old potatoes, 2.25 per cwt. for old
turnipe, $50 per cwt. for old beets. 2,25 per cwt.
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THE MARKET RECORD.
NEW YORK. July s.
O

Silver-95A.
C~opper-Firm.
Lead-Dull.
Tin-Firm.
Money easy at 400. Prime paper, 5@5Hs
Sterling exchange dull: steady; $4.S2h for &C
day bills and S4.s3A for demand.
Mining shares dull. Amador, $14: Belle Isle
$1.1; Bodie, s.. 20: Brunswick, 81 So; Hale &
Norcross, $3.50 Iron Silver, $3.50; Mexican, 81, so;
Mono, $50: Navajo, lie, Phoenix, 81. 10; Sierra
Nevada, g. Is; sutro Tunnel, $50; Security, S. IS;
Santiago; 8 Us; Standard, S1.10.